Barack Obama actually said...

"We had a wonderful exchange of ideas and I continue to be optimistic about our ability to get this recovery package done."

"I don't expect 100 percent agreement from my Republican colleagues, but I do hope that we can all put politics aside and do the American people's business right now."

"The very fact that this crisis is largely of our own making means that it is not beyond our ability to solve. Our problems are rooted in past mistakes, not our capacity for future greatness. It will t..."

"What I told him is start by listening because all too often, the United States starts by dictating."